Gives TAKE A TURN HERE AND TALK ABOUT THE LATEST ON THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. THE UNITED STATES APPEARS TO BE ON THE VERGE OF A SECOND VACCINE OPTION NOW. KEY MEETING TAKING PLACE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT DRUG MAKERS MODERNAS EVACUATIONVACCINE. PFIZERS VACCINE ROLLOUT WELL UNDER WAY. IF YOU WERE WATCHING US HERE ON WEDNESDAY, YOU SAW NBC MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR DR. GUPTA, ALONG WITH HIS COLLEAGUE, BOTH RECEIVING THEIR FIRST DOSES LIVE HERE ON THE THIRD HOUR. DR. GUPTA JOINING US AGAIN THIS MORNING WITH AN UPDATE ON HOW HES DOING, ALONG WITH CNBCS SENIOR HEALTH AND SCIENCE REPORTER, MEG TIRRELL, OUT WITH THE LATEST ON THE VACCINE FRONT.DR. GUPTA, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE QUESTION WERE WONDERING, HOW ARE YOU FEELING? YOU Ogle GOOD. ANY SIDE EFFECTS? >> Good morning, CRAIG. THANKS FOR HAVING ME BACK. NO. STILL A LITTLE SORE IN MY LEFT UPPER ARM WHERE I GOT THAT SHOT FROM NURSE ALLISON, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I FEEL GREAT. I HAVENT EXPERIENCED ANY LOW GRADE FEVERS. WE HEAR IT MAY BE COMMON. A HEADACHE MIGHT BE COMMON. THAT RESOLVES QUICKLY. NONE OF THOSE, SO IM FEELING GREAT. >> GOOD NEWS. GLAD TO HEAR THAT. AS YOU KNOW, ON WEDNESDAY, IT WAS REPORTED, THOUGH, THAT A HEALTH CARE WORKER IN ALASKA HAD A BIT OF A SERIOUS ALLERGIC REACTION TO THE FIDESPFIZER VACC NEEDED TO BE HOSPITALIZED EVEN. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE AMERICANS WHO WILL USE THAT AS A REASON, AS JUSTIFICATION NOT TO GET VACCINATED? >> WELL, CRAIG, AFTER I GOT VACCINATED YESTERDAY, I TRAILACT HAD A FEW MEETINGS WITH PATIENTS AT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.I WAS HEARING THE SAME THING, VACCINE HESITANCY. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE RESPONSES THERE IS THIS VACCINE WILL SAVE LIVES. IT WILL Obstruct PEOPLE OUT, AMERICANS OUT, OF ICUs ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THAT IS CLEAR. THERE ARE SAFETY CONCERNS ON THESE ALLERGIC RESPONSES IN THE CASE OF THIS ALASKA HEALTH WORKER WHICH WAS APPARENTLY UNEXPECTED. WE CAN Succeed THAT. WE Is clear that THATS CAUSING SOME DEGREE OF AGE SI TIE — ANXIETY, BUT THAT IS MANAGEABLE. THATS WHY YOURE SEEING THE CDC RECOMMEND THAT ANY VACCINATION DRIVE SHOULD HAVE MEDICATION ON HAND TO DEAL WITH ALLERGIC RESPONSES. WHETHER THEY MIGHT BE EXPECTED OR UNEXPECTED. CRAIG, TO BE CLEAR, THAT IS READILY TREATABLE. EVEN IF ITS — IF SOMEONE DOESNT HAVE A HISTORY OF IT AND JUST PRESENTS ITSELF DURING THE VACCINATION PROCESS, THERE IS A 15 -MINUTE OBSERVATION PERIOD AFTER YOURE VACCINATED. THE PROCESS WORKS. THATS WHEN THESE Actions WERE DISCOVERED AMONGST THE WORKERS IN ALASKA. SO THIS PROCESS WORKS, BUT THIS VACCINE SAVES LIVES, CRAIG. NO Indecision ABOUT IT. 3600 AMERICANS LOST THEIR LIVES JUST YESTERDAY. WERE IN THE MIDST OF AN OUT OF CONTROL PANDEMIC. THIS IS OUR WAY OUT OF IT. >> Certainly Makes THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE THERE. Causes GUPTA. MEG, YOUVE BEEN COVERING THE VACCINES SINCE THE BEGINNING. MODERNA IS IN THE APPROVAL PROCESS THAT PFIZER WAS IN LAST WEEK. Lets DO A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON. WHAT ARE THE THREE BIG DIFFERENCES, IF YOU WILL, BETWEEN THE TWO VACCINES? >> YEAH. SO THE GREAT NEWS IS ON EFFICACY, THEYRE BOTH AT 95% IN PROTECTING YOU FROM GETTING SICK. THATS WONDERFUL. THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENCES. ONE IS IN THE STORAGE. WEVE TALKED ABOUT THE PFIZER VACCINE NEEDING TO BE KEPT ARCTICALLY COLD, MINUS 94 Units FAHRENHEIT. THE MODERNA VACCINE DOESNT HAVE TO BE QUITE AS COLD.THAT COULD DETERMINE WHICH Facilities GET THE VACCINES. MAYBE LARGE MEDICAL CENTERS GETTING THE PFIZER ONE, AND MAYBE SMALLER ONES OR MORE RURAL ONES GETTING THE MODERNA VACCINE. ANOTHER Difference IS JUST WHEN YOULL HAVE TO COME BACK FOR YOUR NEXT SHOT. PFIZER, ITS THREE WEEKS. MODERNA, ITS FOUR WEEKS. THEN WHAT DR. GUPTA WAS TALKING ABOUT THERE, WITH ANY POTENTIAL SORT OF REACTOJ OREACTOGENICITY, PFIZERS, THERE WAS REPORTS OF HEADACHES AND FATIGUES. MODERNA HAD A HIGHER REPORT OF THOSE, AS WELL AS MUSCLE AND JOINT PAIN. THIS HAS BEEN COMPARED TO THE SHINGLES VACCINE, WHERE YOU MIGHT FEEL YUCKY THE NEXT DAY.IT IS BETTER THAN GETTING THE DISEASE ITSELF. >> Accurately WHAT DR. GUPTA WAS TALKING ABOUT. MEG, I KNOW YOU SAT DOWN WITH DR. FAUCI YESTERDAY ABOUT THE MOST COMMON MISCON ACCEPTINGCEPT REGARDING THE VACCINES. WHAT DOES HE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW? >> ONE THING WE HEAR A LOT IS CAN YOU GET COVID FROM THE COVID VACCINE? HE SAYS, ABSOLUTELY NOT. IT IS JUST IMPOSSIBLE FROM THE WAY THESE VACCINES WORK. ANOTHER QUESTION, OF COURSE, IS THESE WENT AT WHAT WEREARP SPEED FASTEST DEVELOPMENT IN HISTORY, SO ARE THEY NOT AS PROVEN OR SAFE? HE SAID NO. THIS IS Located ON YEARS OF WORK, AND THATS HOW THEYRE ABLE TO GO SO FAST. NO Stone WAS LEFT UNTURNED IN DETERMINING THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY HERE. FINALLY, THE QUESTION WE ALL WANT TO KNOW, CAN WE STOP HEARING MASKS AFTER GETTING THE VACCINE? HE SAID, SADLY, NO. UNTIL WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE VACCINES AND IF THEY PREVENT TRANSMISSION, AND UNTIL ENOUGH OF US GET THE SHOT TO STOP THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY, WE HAVE TO WEAR OUR MASKS. >> I Ponder WELL BE SEEING MASKS FOR A WHILE.
